Praise for Joseph Meigs's Death Without Dignity

“DEATH WITHOUT DIGNITY is absolutely superb, a rich satirical mystery with an array of inept and absurd characters caught in a web of murder and suspense on a small college campus. You don’t want to miss these colorful characters and comic situations as portrayed through the eyes of the anti-heroic and self-conscious young professor Tyler Davidson.”
— Dr. Ernest Lee, Director of Appalachian Studies and Professor of English, Carson-Newman College.

“A lifetime of observing the foibles of men and women has armed Joseph Meigs with the raw material for a Molieresque comedy of back-biting egos, small ambitions, intellectual pretensions, and semi-literate students, at a third rate college in NW Georgia. Add to these small minded characters and ridiculous situations a trio of campus murders and the result is a hilarious mix of mayhem and fun that will delight new readers as well as fans of Meigs’s earlier novel TENURE TRACK.”
— Dr. Edward Beardsley, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of South Carolina.

“DEATH WITHOUT DIGNITY is a brilliantly paced and intricately plotted murder mystery, which is fresh and quirky, with surprise after surprise, as it observes human vulnerabilities and foibles. It is beautifully written.”
— Douglas Beam, PA. American Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (life member), American Association for Justice (sustaining member).

Praise for Joseph Meigs' Tenure Track

"Meigs. . . paints wonderful portraits of people who are present in most any college setting. . . . Perhaps Meigs's vivid descriptions might startle some teachers into a new pedagogy." - James Hogan, quoted in The Sylva Herald

". . . Tenure Track is a delightful, laugh-filled tongue-in-cheek novel. . . . Meigs achieves this through skillful weaving of characterizations with plot and humor and compassion." - Chapter 2 Books, Cashiers, NC

"Meigs pulls off a comic novel about academia with aplomb, grade, wit, and style. . . . I laughed a lot throughout, which is what a book like this is supposed to do." - Michael C. White, author of A Dream of Wolves and Brother's Blood.

"Joe Meigs's first novel is a wonderful satire about one man's quest for tenure in the English department of a small, Southern college. . . . .Overall, well worth reading, especially if you've spent any amount of time at a university (either attending or teaching). " - Alex Chernavsky, Amazon.com